Who do residents/med students waste time going to conferences

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We all know the big ones. CNS, AANS, SRS, etc. At the end of the day no one could care less about that one line on your CV where you presented a poster (like 400 other people that day) or a podium presentation (like 150 people that day). That person you think you "networked" with has already forgotten your name (presuming you're not already a big name). So why then, would you continue to fork up 800+ dollars to go to these conferences? The only reason I'd personally do it is for some sort of award (with hopefully some monetary value).

[Guest]

To stack up “research items” for ERAS

[Guest]

If you did research of even minimal value, someone else pays for your ticket.

[Guest]

^Even then, the actual benefit you get out of it seems to be minimal. That time could actually be used for manuscript preparation